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DOI	10.1016/j.rama.2021.03.002
	Assessing Sustainability Goals Using Big Data: Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Malpai Borderlands
	Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.; Spiegal, Sheri; Winkler, Rich; James, Darren; Levi, Matthew; Williamson, Jeb
通讯作者	Bestelmeyer, BT (corresponding author), New Mexico State Univ, USDA ARS, Jornada Expt Range, MSC 3JER Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.
来源期刊	RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
ISSN	1550-7424
EISSN	1551-5028
出版年	2021
卷号	77 期号:1 页码:17-29
英文摘要	Collaborative adaptive management is a means to achieve social and ecological goals in complex natural resource management settings. Evaluation of collaborative management outcomes, however, is difficult at the scale of large landscapes. We developed an approach for such evaluations using long-term, spatiotemporal gridded or county-level datasets alongside local information on changes in ranch ownership. We applied this approach to evaluate the sustainability goals of the Malpai Borderlands Group (MBG) by comparing the MBG landscape to surrounding, similar desert grassland landscapes. We matched datasets, where possible, to management goals, including the preservation of ranching livelihoods, prevention of rangeland fragmentation by exurban development, sustaining the ecological role of fire, limiting or reversing woody plant encroachment into grasslands, sustaining rangeland productivity, and sustaining biodiversity. We found that the number of ranch families changed little since MBG was established, although several ranches were consolidated within some families or absentee owners, such that multiple families share other ranches. The number of beef cattle ranches declined within one MBG county, likely due to increasing depth to groundwater. Exurban development and rangeland-to-cropland conversion have been virtually nonexistent in the MBG landscape, while such conversions are common in adjacent landscapes. Coordinated fire planning with low fragmentation of rangeland has led to extensive fires in the MBG landscape, dwarfing the area burned in adjacent landscapes. The percent of land area exhibiting significant trends of increasing bare ground cover was intermediate in the MBG landscape compared with adjacent landscapes, while herbaceous and shrub cover exhibited significant trends in only a small fraction of the study region. Rangeland productivity exhibited significant declines in some landscapes, but declines were minimal in the MBG area. Our analysis suggests that collaborative adaptive management implemented by the MBG has aligned with their goals, but changing climate, water availability, and demography will become increasingly challenging. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The Society for Range Management.
英文关键词	big data fire plant production ranch turnover rangeland-cropland conversion sustainability
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000668475000003
WOS关键词	ABSENTEE LANDOWNERS ; DECISION-MAKING ; CLIMATE ; CONSERVATION ; VULNERABILITIES ; BIODIVERSITY ; AGRICULTURE ; RESTORATION ; RESILIENCE ; DYNAMICS
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	New Mexico State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351469
作者单位	[Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.; Spiegal, Sheri; James, Darren] ARS, USDA, Jornada Expt Range, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA; [Winkler, Rich] Malpai Borderlands Grp, Douglas, AZ 85608 USA; [Levi, Matthew] Univ Georgia, Dept Crop & Soil Sci, Athens, GA 30602 USA; [Williamson, Jeb] New Mexico State Univ, Jornada Expt Range, Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.,Spiegal, Sheri,Winkler, Rich,et al. Assessing Sustainability Goals Using Big Data: Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Malpai Borderlands[J]. New Mexico State University,2021,77(1):17-29.
APA	Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.,Spiegal, Sheri,Winkler, Rich,James, Darren,Levi, Matthew,&Williamson, Jeb.(2021).Assessing Sustainability Goals Using Big Data: Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Malpai Borderlands.RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT,77(1),17-29.
MLA	Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.,et al."Assessing Sustainability Goals Using Big Data: Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Malpai Borderlands".RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 77.1(2021):17-29.